Re: Intention to package: FreeAMP
>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Almeida <balmeida@kylz.com> writes:
Ben> Everything's GPLed. It's in a very preliminary state, so it's
Ben> just text/console for now.
Brian> I was under the impression that due to legal complications
Brian> it was impossible to write a totally free MPEG player?
Some of the various MPEG *compression* algorithms (not all) are
patented. However, MPEG *decompression* I believe can be performed
in so many different ways that there's no way to patent it.
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